THE WASHINGTON POST SOLD ITSELF; THE NEW YORK TIMES SOLD THE BOSTON GLOBE

A LOOK BACK AT A 

CELEBRATED EDITOR 

IN HIS GLORY DAYS 

THOMAS WINSHIP 

in his Boston GLOBE office 

the paper's symbol (mascot?) in front of him 

checking out the competition 

The Boston Herald Traveler  

More about Tom Winship here 

The sale of the Globe to principal Red Sox owner John W. Henry, announced August 3, 2013, is discussed here and here.  The sale of the Washington Post to Amazon's Jeffrey Bezos, revealed only two days later, is the subject of this posting. 

TOM WINSHIP b. July 1, 1920

THOMAS WINSHIP 

July 1, 1920-March 14, 2002 

TOM WINSHIP 

the BOSTON GLOBE EDITOR 

1965-1984 

in his office at the Globe 

Some appreciations (and assessments) 

of his life and work 

here and here and here